February 2017 sees the second Academic Archers conference, this time held over two days and including a field trip, and hosted by University of Lincoln, with thirty-two academics from all fields and across the UK, gathering to talk on a subject that crosses their discipline boundaries, Radio 4’s The Archers.
The Archers in fact and fiction: Academic analyses of life in rural Borsetshire takes an academic perspective on life in Ambridge and Borsetshire, with papers from across academic disciplines, from social media, education, religion, the negative aspects of competing at Flower and Produce shows, birdwatching, class and masculinity in Ambridge, eating disorders and dietary health, flood resilience, social status and perceptions of physicality, and family dysfunctionality.
Unsurprisingly, the conference is dedicating a whole strand to the Helen and Rob story line, with papers covering coercive and controlling relationships, the disablement of Rob Titchener, nurturing traditional gender roles in The Archers, music and the ‘soundtrack to a stabbing’ and forensic Blood Pattern Analysis (BPA) at Blossom Hill Cottage. This sits alongside strands on Genteel country hobbies?, Educating Ambridge, The geography of Ambridge, Power relationships, Bereavement and spirituality and Ambridge online.
Full conference proceedings, box office and venue and accommodation information can be found here: http://www.caracourage.net/blog/n6rdzk8gmexyex8kc56dwkjg4666ng.
The book of papers from the 2016 conference can be found in bookshops and online (Amazon > https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1787071197/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483726047&sr=8-2&keywords=academic+archers)
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